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Who led the victorious forces at the Battle of Tours?

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Charles Martel

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2
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Saladin was the leader of ?

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The Muslims during the Crusades, who battles Richard the lionhearted

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3
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Which of the following leaders brought Christianity to the Franks?

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Clovis

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4
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Pope whose call to action resulted in the first crusade ?

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Urban 2

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5
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What race was also called Norsemen or Northmen?

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Vikings

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6
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Western Europe was reunited for the first time after the fall of the Roman Empire under who ?

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Charlemagne

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7
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Who does a knight fight for based on his code of chivalry?

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His feudal lord
His heavenly Lord
His lady

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8
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What effects of the crusades?

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Trade expanded
Weakened power of the pope
A bitterness and hatred between Christians and Muslims

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9
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Who led the Norman conquest of England?

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William the Conqueror

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10
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What ended the Middle Ages?

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The end of the Hundred Years’ War

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11
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What made the English win many battles during the hundred year war?

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Longbows

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12
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Vernacular language was?

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The common language of the people

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13
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Who did Henry 2 marry to gain lands from France?

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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14
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What was the nagana carta?

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Fist document guaranteeing rights in England

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15
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Impact of the three field system?

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1 longevity: longer life
2 population increase
3 bigger & stronger work force
4 production increase by 66%

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16
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Russian culture is a mix of what?

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Vikings and Slavs

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17
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Eastern Orthodox capital was located where ?

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Constantinople

18
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Russian emperor who sent missionaries out in four directions and brought back Eastern Orthodox was

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Vladimir

19
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The term the Abbasids used to refer to their Turkish slaves was..

A

Mameluke

20
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Who was a Byzantium emperor who wrote a letter asking for help of the Pope?

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Alexis Comnenus

21
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Pope who agreed to help Alexis Comnenus & the Eastern Orthodox Christian (after the schism) ?

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Pope Urban 2, because he though even though they spilt it was still right to help the easterners because they were Christian

22
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Mongolians originated from where?

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Asian steppes

23
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Mongols were pastoralists meaning?

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They domesticated animals and were nomatic

24
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He Mongolian dynasty in China was called?

A

Yuan

25
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Who conquered china for the Mongolians?

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Kublai Khan

26
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Why didn’t the Mongolians take over Japan?

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Kamikaze (great wind)

27
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Huguenots where who?

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French Calvinists whom threatened the staunchly Catholic french monarchy.

28
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Utopia means?

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“No place”

29
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Which region did the Renaissance begin?

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Northern Italy

30
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First book printed?

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The Bible

31
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The Aztecs thought the arrival of the Spanish marked the return of who?

A

Quetzalcoatl

32
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The peninsular war was between?

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France vs Spanish guerrillas

33
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Who won the battle of Trafalgar?

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Britain (Horatio)

34
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Where is the site of napoleons last defeat?

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Waterloo

35
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The economic hardships that France faced in the late 1700s were largely due to long, costly hostility between France and who?

A

Great Britain

36
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Who led a slave revolt that ended slavery on the island of Hispaniola?

A

L’overture

37
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Who was the last absolute monarch in France before the revolution?

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Louis XVI

38
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What was a time period in Europe where people questioned accepted beliefs of the church and changed views concerning the natural world?

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Scientific revolution

39
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Who created checks and balances?

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Montesquieu

40
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What are three reasons for the French Revolution?

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1 Gap between the rich & the poor
2 the third estate had no power
3 bad leading
4 debt

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